Oral history interview with Sally Levenstein / interviewed by Harry Nathanson
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- 1987
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Moved to La Crosse, 1943 -- Husband’s job—Children -- Sects of the Jewish community in La Crosse -- Traditional Judaism -- Building of new Synagogue, 1948 -- Reestablishing the Jewish community after WWII -- Rabbis’ -- Family involvement in the Synagogue -- Participation in the Jewish community -- Members of the Jewish Women's League -- "Ghetto-izing" the Jewish community -- Training for bar mitzvah’ -- Jewish burial rituals -- Holocaust and State of Israel affecting American Jewish communities -- Kosher traditions -- Relocating families from Germany -- Jewish holidays -- Jewish communities in Milwaukee -- Place of the Levenstein family in the Jewish community -- Jewish community relations with the La Crosse community -- Involvement in the education system -- Jewish congregation in 1960's -- Jewish store ownership in La Crosse -- Expansion of UW La Crosse and Jewish community participation at the college -- Ethnic diversity in the 1940's -- Impressions of La Crosse after living in Milw
Interviews form basis for student reports cataloged separately.; Levenstein also has an interview dated 1981.; Forms part of: La Crosse Urban History Project, 1945-1960, conducted by students of History 325, American Urban History, at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1987. La Crosse owns supplemental material: 1 sound cassette.
00:00:39.2—Moved to La Crosse, 1943 | 00:01:57.3—Husband’s job | 00:02:26.2—Children | 00:03:16.4—Sects of the Jewish community in La Crosse | 00:04:28.8—Traditional Judaism | 00:06:15.1—Building of new Synagogue, 1948 | 00:07:15.5—Reestablishing the Jewish community after WWII | 00:07:32.9—Rabbis | 00:08:40.6—Family involvement in the Synagogue | 00:09:23.1—Participation in the Jewish community | 00:10:53.0—Members of the Jewish Women's League | 00:11:37.1—"Ghetto-izing" the Jewish community | 00:12:47.0—Training for bar mitzvah | 00:13:55.7—Jewish burial rituals | 00:17:31.6—Holocaust and State of Israel affecting American Jewish communities | 00:19:34.7—Kosher traditions | 00:21:14.0—Relocating families from Germany | 00:24:52.8—Jewish holidays | 00:25:35.3—Jewish communities in Milwaukee | 00:27:29.8—Place of the Levenstein family in the Jewish community | 00:30:01.9—Jewish community relations with the La Crosse community | 00:33:05.9—Involvement in the education system | 00:35:53.
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
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- Levenstein, Sally G. -- Interviews
Jews -- Social life and customs
Jewish way of life
La Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs
United States -- History -- 1945-1953
United States -- History -- 1953-1961 - Type
- sound
- Language
- English
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- Oral history interview with Sally Levenstein / interviewed by Harry Nathanson. 1987. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000008. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1987) Oral history interview with Sally Levenstein / interviewed by Harry Nathanson. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000008
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000008>.